Lincoln Logs

I made two large sets of Lincoln Logs for some of the older grandchildren. Our kids (their parents) were here this weekend. I showed the logs to the parents and asked if a gift would be OK. I was informed in no uncertain terms that Yes, they would love them. So I guess I will wrap them up for the Holiday. One set is shown in picture #1 and the other is in the box in picture #2.

I used the technique of making a 4 groove log using pine 1×6 boards. These were then cut and shaped to make all the logs. I also made roof gables and roofing boards. There were quite a few steps involved so I used indexing stop blocks and such to make it more safe and repeatable.

Beautiful work on these Steve. Your grandchildren are sure to love them. Your project reminds of how much fun it was to make toys for my Grandkids. They are all pretty much grown up now so those days are long past.

The oldest grandkids are 3 and 4 and they each have a younger sibling. So the question was for safety sake. Lincoln logs are not for the very young. We are the kind of people to not let kids go crazy with electronics.

That’cool SteveMay have to check with the boy’s and see if that would be interesting to them .May have to try and make a couple sets just to give away at Christmas .Thanks for the excellent tutorial, well done !